David A. McIntee has written far too much Doctor Who for his own good; comics including William Shatner Presents: Quest for Tomorrow; several other books, both fiction and non; as well as the Star Trek: The Next Generation story “On the Spot” for The Sky’s the Limit. He is outnumbered by five females: his wife, Lesley, and the cats Katya the Cannonball, Mistress B’Elanna, Seven of Nine Lives, and Foxy Cleopatra.
James Swallow is proud to be the only British writer to have worked on a Star Trek television series, creating the original story concepts for the Star Trek: Voyager episodes “One” and “Memorial”; his other associations with the Star Trek saga include the Titan novel Synthesis, Day of the Vipers, the novella “Seeds of Dissent” for Infinity’s Prism, the short stories “Closure,” “Ordinary Days,” and “The Black Flag” for the anthologies Distant Shores, The Sky’s the Limit, and Star Trek: Mirror Universe—Shards and Shadows, scripting the video game Star Trek Invasion, and writing over four hundred articles in thirteen different Star Trek magazines around the world.
Beyond the final frontier, as well as a nonfiction book (Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher), James also wrote the Sundowners series of original steampunk westerns, Jade Dragon, The Butterfly Effect, and fiction in the worlds of Doctor Who, Warhammer 40,000, Stargate, and 2000 AD. His other credits include scripts for video games and audio dramas, including Battlestar Galactica, Blake’s 7, and Space 1889.
James Swallow lives in London, and is currently at work on his next book.
Keith R.A. DeCandido is well-known for his Klingon-focused fiction, but this is the first time that he has written about twenty-third-century Klingons in detail. His previous forays into the wild and wacky world of the Klingons include the short stories “Family Matters” in Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows and “loDnI’pu’ vavpu’ je” in Tales from the Captain’s Table; the Alien Spotlight: Klingons comic book; and the novels Diplomatic Implausibility, The Art of the Impossible, A Good Day to Die, Honor Bound, Enemy Territory, A Burning House, Articles of the Federation, A Singular Destiny, and A Time for War, a Time for Peace, as well as the two-book series The Brave and the Bold. His other work is in media universes ranging from TV shows to video games to comic books. Find out less at Keith’s web site at DeCandido.net, read his tiresome ramblings at kradical.livejournal.com, or listen to him babble as a contributor to the podcast The Chronic Rift ( [http://www.chronicrift.com] www.chronicrift.com)3.
Keith would also like to thank the following: Michael Ansara, William Campbell, John Colicos, Charles Cooper, Susan Howard, and Michael Pataki for their portrayals of Kang, Koloth, Kor, Korrd, Mara, and Korax on screen; Scott David Tipton, who created Jurva, Kohlar, and Morglar in the magnificent Blood Will Tell comic book miniseries; and Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen and the Klingon Language Institute for the terms QuchHa’ (literally “the unhappy ones,” hence the story’s title) and HemQuch (“the proud forehead”).
Britta Burdett Dennison is a writer who lives in Portland, Oregon. Her previous publishing credits include two Star Trek novels with S. D. Perry, and a novelization of an original screenplay with S. D. Perry. She is currently at work on an original novel.
Marc D. Giller wrote his first science-fiction novel at the tender age of sixteen, with the certainty of fame and riches before him. When that plan didn’t work out he went to college instead, earning a bachelor of science degree in journalism from Texas AM University. Over the years, Marc has worked as a photographer, producer, computer trainer, and even had a one-night stint as a television news reporter. For the last several years, he has worked in information systems management. He is the author of the books Hammerjack and Prodigal, and makes his home in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with his wife and two children.
Greg Cox is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous Star Trek novels, including The Q Continuum, To Reign in Hell, The Eugenics Wars (Volumes One and Two), Assignment: Eternity, and The Black Shore. He wrote the official movie novelizations of Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Death Defying Acts, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, as well the novelizations of three popular DC Comics miniseries, Infinite Crisis, 52, and Countdown. In addition, he has written books and short stories based on such popular series as Alias, Batman, Buffy, C.S.I., Farscape, Fantastic Four, The 4400, X-Men, Iron Man, Roswell, Terminator, Underworld, Xena, and Zorro. Recent short fiction can be found in such anthologies as Star Trek: Mirror Universe—Glass Empires, Star Trek: The Sky’s the Limit, and Timeshares.
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